Protecting Our Children from Climate Change
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Protecting Our Children from Climate Change
This month, as we celebrate National Children's Health Month with Environmental Health Perspectives' (EHP) annual issue focused on children's health around the world, one particular nexus of concern has risen to the forefront: the current and potential impacts of climate change on children's health. Although climate change has become a constant topic of scientific inquiry and political discussi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409165